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H. H. TAYLOR.

CAPSULE REMOVER.

No. 268,144. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

Mw@ u@ N. PEIEHS. Phnlo-Lihugrapher. wmingmn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRISON H. TAYLOR, OF DETROIT, MIOHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK A. HUBEL,OF SAME PLAGE.

`CAPSULERENIOVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,144, dated November 28, 1882.

Application led April 13, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRISON H. TAYLOR, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful ImprovementsinCapsule-RemovingMachines; and l do hereby declare that the following is a lull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication. 1o The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of that class of machines employed for removing gelatine capsules from the pinmolds upon which they have been formed; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and Various combinations of the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is an end elevation. Fig. 2 is a 2o side elevation. Fig. 3 is atop plan. Fig. 4 is a perspective showing construction of pullinglingers.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a suitable bed-plate, to one side of which is rigidly secured the standard guide-plate B. Journaled longitudinally across the bed-plate lA are the rock-shafts O, and one end of each of these rock-shafts is provided with pinions a, which mesh with each other, and to one of 3o these shafts is secured a lever, D, which is provided with a spring-latch, E, which engages Vwith the latch-plate F, projecting from the bed ot' the machine. Each ot' these rockshai'ts O is pro\ ided with a series ot' pulling- 3 5 lingers, G, formed separately' or from a plate,

as shown in Fig. 1.

H represents the moldbearing plate, arranged to have a vertical sliding movement upon the guide-plate B, and provided in its 4o horizontal arm or body with guides or anges c, to receive "the plate I, which carries the molds J.

K L represent two levers, fulcrumed to the plate B, as at d, and the short arm ot' each ot'- these levers is provided with a pin, E, and upon these pins the vertical sliding plate H rests, as willbe clearly seen upon reference to the drawings. The longer arms of these levers K L meet and cross each other, and are se- 5o cured to the sliding block M by means of a bolt, H', and slots i, such block having a vertically-sliding movement in the plate B. The

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in the sliding plate H, and the handle N is elevated, causing a depression of the short arms ot' the levers K and L, allowing the frame H to drop or slide down and present the capsules between the series ot' pulling-fingers G. The lever l) is then raised, which compels the 7e pulling-fingers to grasp the mold-pins above thecapsules. By thus depressing the handle N the slide H is compelled to rise and carry with it the molds, forcibly withdrawing the mold-pins from between the fingers, and stripping them of the capsules. It will readily be seen that by controlling the elevation of the sliding block M, I determine the degree that the mold-pins shall enter between the pulling-fingers, so that it can readily be adjusted 8O through the medium of the adjusting-screw O for removing capsules ot' varying lengths.

The rock-shafts, locking lever, sliding plate H, mold-plate, and guide B, are not herein specitically claimed, as they form the subject S5 ot' another application of saine date as the present one.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a capsule-pulling machine, the combination of the grooved ngers G and mechanism 9o for advancing and retractin g opposing series thereof, a removable mold-frame and sliding follower,the levers L and K, and handle N, substantially as shown and described.

2. A capsulepulling machine consisting of the bed-plate A, guide B, rock-shafts O, levers D, K, and L, lingers G, sliding'plate H, block M, and screw O, the parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

HARRISON H. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SeULLY. 

